Vehicle wheel



June 1 1926. 1,586,955

W. A. ANTILOTTI VEHICLE WHEEL Filed Feb. 23, 1921 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 III June l 1926.

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U ITE. Sllplltln maar WILLIAM A. ANTILOTTL', 0F ATLANTA, G ERGIA, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF T0 EDGAR C. JONES, OF ATLANTA, GEGRGA..

VEHICLE WHEEL Application led February 23, 1921.

This invention relates to vehicle wheels having demountable rims and more particulai-ly to wheels of the solid disk type having separable sections.

rllhe object ot the invention is to provide an auxiliary wheel section which may be readily assembled to the main section. The tire may also be carried on the auxiliary section in intl-ated condition so that an inflated tire may be exchanged ior a damaged tire by merely replacing the auxiliary section carrying the damaged tire by the auxiliary section carrying the spare tire.

A further object otY my invention is to transmit the load through a metallic disk wheel ot such shape as to permit the resiliency of the metal to be effective in at'- tording easy riding conditions and reducing wear upon the tires of the vehicle.

A{ lther objects et the invention attained by novel tea-tures of construction and arrangement ot parts will become apparent on refn eren/e to the following specification which describes the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings.

in the drawings Figure. 1 is a side elevation of the auxiliary wheel section showing the pivotally mounted keepers.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the main and auxiliary wheel sectionsin assembled position.

Figur-e 3 is a side elevation of the main disk wheel section, the auxiliary wheel section being removed.

Referring now in detail to the several iigures, the numeral designates a disk section having on one side thereof a brakedrum 11 and on its opposite side, in coaxial relation to said drum, a hub 12, on the former of which the brake may act and the latter having screw threads 13 formed thereon. The auxiliary wheel section constituting an important feature ot my invention comprises a hub engaging sleeve 14 having internal screw threads 15 adapted to engage the above mentioned threads 13. A plurality of curved spokes 16 radiate fromthe hub-engaging sleeve 1a and form a spider which supports the rim 17, the latter having an upstanding flange 18 on the outer side thereof. The rim 17 extends at an angle trom a web portion 17 of the auxiliar wheel section and the two are connecte by a' curved part 19 in which is inserted a ring Serial No. 447,164.

preferably in the form ot an iron or steel rod 20 of cylindrical cross-section. The metal is bent over sufiiciently at the portion 19 so that the rod 20 may be retained in place.

Lugs 21 having tapered or cone shaped forward ends 22 are mounted on the spokes F,16 and on the web portion 17 intermediate said spokes tor the purpose ot engaging pockets 28 struck up from the material ot the disk section 10. rlhe pockets 28 are so positioned that, when the hub engaging sleeve 1li ol the auxiliary wheel section is screwed upon the hub 12 of the disk section, said lugs will engage in the pockets 23 when the auxiliary and disk sections are coming into tirm contact. An aperture 24 formed through the auxiliary wheel preferably through one ot the spokes 16 as shown in Figure 1 is adapted to register with a corresponding aperture 25, Fig. 3, in the disk section 10 and a bolt 26 is inserted through these registering apertures in order to lock the disk and auxiliary wheel sections in assembled relation with the lugs 21 in the pockets 23 as ab ve described.

It will be noted that the pressed metallic disk section-10 is given an annularly corrugated sliape as shown at 10 and 411 in Figure 2 for the purpose et obtaining resilient action in that the weight is transferred from the auxiliary wheel section to the disk section principally at the pockets 23 and only partially at the hub engaging sleeve 141.

` The dished shape portion of the disk sectiony thereby acts in much `he same manner as a. spring and gives much easier riding conditions than are atlorded by a straight disk wheel.

Operation ot' loop 39 outwardly will release wire 87 from the registering grooves while movementot loop 39 toward the au iliary whe-el section will bind the wire in said grooves.

It it is desired to assemble a tire upon the rim, the auxiliary wheel section is first detached from the disk section by simply removing the bolt 26 and unserewing the hub engaging sleeve 14.

Modifications may occur to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, but it is my desire to include within` the purview ol my invention all such, modifications and changes as fall Within thezscope of the appended claim.,

Having; described -my invention, what I jacent Said 1'in1,inezms Czulie'd'bv said Spider 10 claim ns'newfaiid'deSire to secure by Letei's foi' engaging the hb and. i'neiengaging Patent, iszl A means on said spider and disk adjacent the Auvehicle wheel comprising a disk section periphend parts thereef 'for detaehzibly seinchiding a hiih andV n diskV extending out? (gfnifng the diSh- :xnd' an'xilin'l* seet'i'n t'owaidly therefrom, an nuxiliry sectin ingethel. 15 chidmg a rim and dspldei extending in- "In tesmiony whereof I have hereunto Set jardiy therefrom, said web and disk nestmy hund. .ing` together with the latter terminating adi VLLIAM A. ANTILOTTI. 

